Favorite current Prog Rock group? Mine's Porcupine Tree. What's yours?

[bif]

[Initech]

1. I'd say Porcupine Tree as well!

Saw them twice this weekend.

Some of my other favorites:

Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Tool
King Crimson
Camel
Queensryche
In The Woods
Opeth
Swans
Neurosis
Dream Theater
Frank Zappa (if he counts, but I think Zappa is his own genre of music)

[bif]

4. Ever heard Bark Psychosis?

[Initech]

5. Dont think so.

[bif]

6. Pretty obscure group

But I've found some of their tunes on Limewire. Very progressive but hard to describe.

[bbernardini]

2. I'd have to agree with you as well.

I also adore all of Steven Wilson's side projects (particularly Bass Communion).

Others include all the usual suspects: Genesis, King Crimson, Spock's Beard, Dream Theater, Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Gentle Giant, Yes, Pink Floyd, PFM...I could go on.

[redqueen]

3. Genesis (with PG)

Marillion
King Crimson

[MN ChimpH8R]

7. Agreed

Steven Wilson is The Man right now in prog rock

[jandrok]

8. Coheed and Cambria.

The second coming of Rush.

[realisticphish]

9. Dream Theater

[driver8]

10. I had to sell my ticket to see Porcupine Tree at the House of Blues

this past Saturday due to a conflict. My friends that did go said the show was absolutely amazing!

[Beaverhausen]

11. I saw Porcupine Tree last saturday. They were great!

House of Blues in Hollywood.

edit- oops...sorry to rub it in Driver8 :hi:

[stlsaxman]

14. Did Fripp do Soundscapes as an opener?

Been reading in his diaries that he's been doing that on the East coast but he up-loads the entries a few days/weeks after the date written.

and if he did, how was it?

[Beaverhausen]

16. No-he opened shows for them in the spring. Some awful band opened

But then again Fripp didn't thrill me either. I have a thing about wanted to be ENTERTAINED when I go see a live show. And both of these openers were far from entertaining.

I like Fripp, don't get me wrong, but this was just...meh.

[Initech]

15. I was at that show too! Freakin awesome!

I also went to the following show at the Anaheim Grove. Damn, Porcupine Tree is one of my favorite bands period. Hell, I think Deadwing is the best album of 2005.

[Beaverhausen]

17. I know I love Deadwing. But I hate the House of Blues

I hate having to stand for a whole show. I just hate that place. What was with the metal detectors when we went in there???

I saw them at the Grove in the spring - much better venue.

[driver8]

18. #&*%#**&#!!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

12. The Mars Volta

[Metta]

13. PFM

An Italian group who used the initials/ name from the bread company truck they bought as a van.

[Floogeldy]

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